{"id":15859,"date":"2019-03-29T23:51:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T06:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=15859"},"modified":"2019-03-29T23:51:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T06:51:26","slug":"statement-by-national-security-advisor-ambassador-john-bolton-on-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=15859","title":{"rendered":"Statement by National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton on Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><main id=\"main-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-header page-header--small-title\">\n<div class=\"page-header__wrap\">\n<div class=\"meta meta--mobile-wrap\">\n<p class=\"meta__date\"><time>March 29, 2019<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<div class=\"page-content__wrap\">\n<div class=\"page-content__content editor\">\n<p>The Administration condemns Nicolas Maduro\u2019s continued use of foreign military personnel in his attempt to remain in power, including the introduction of Russian military personnel and equipment into Venezuela.\u00a0 Maduro will only use this military support to further repress the people of Venezuela; perpetuate the economic crisis that has destroyed Venezuela\u2019s economy; and endanger regional stability.\u00a0 We call on the Venezuelan military to uphold its constitutional duty to protect the citizens of Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>We strongly caution actors external to the Western Hemisphere against deploying military assets to Venezuela, or elsewhere in the Hemisphere, with the intent of establishing or expanding military operations.\u00a0 We will consider such provocative actions as a direct threat to international peace and security in the region.\u00a0 We will continue to defend and protect the interests of the United States, and those of our partners in the Western Hemisphere, which are rooted in a shared respect for liberty, security, and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n<footer class=\"footer\">\n<div class=\"footer__wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 29, 2019 The Administration condemns&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15860,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15859\/revisions\/15860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}